11:51 PM,
Apr. 25, 2014

Gerald Spohrer of Gonzales displays two of the fish that gave him the second-day lead at the Bass Pro Shops Central Open on Friday.

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The second day of the 2014 Bass Pro Shops Central Open on the Red River featured major changes when Shreveport pro Aaron Johnson failed to come close to his first-day stringer of 20 pounds, 8 ounces.

Instead, the veteran angler managed just 6 pounds, 15 ounces on cut day and fell to fourth place with a 27-7 stringer. But Johnson only trails leader Gerald Spohrer, who has 28-14, by less than two pounds. Spohrer weighed in the big stringer of the day at 15-9.

The 364-angler field was trimmed to just 12 pros and 12 co-anglers for Saturday's final round and a number of local anglers made the cut. In ...